Archive for the 'Vontaze Burfict' Tag Under 'UCLA' Category

USC safety T.J. McDonald will sit out the first half of the Trojans game at Colorado after being suspended by Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott for delivering a shot to the head of Stanford wide receiver Chris Owusu last Saturday.

No opposing player, maybe outside of Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, has been talked about at UCLA more frequently heading into a game than Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict.

The coaching staff has been adamant about accounting for Burfict on every play.

“You got to know where No. 7 is,” Coach Rick Neuheisel said. “We'll take turns (blocking him) because no one person is going to be able to handle that job.”

Burfict has earned an infamous reputation in his three years thanks to numerous big hits and personal fouls. That has one UCLA player who will likely be called upon to block Burfict downplaying that assignment.